Varied Age of First Presentation of Sickle Cell Disease: Case Presentations and Review

Table 1

Factors influencing the age of presentation of SCD in children.

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Factors influencing the age of presentation of SCD in children

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Doctor’s delay

Patient’s delay (including education and financial position of the parents)

High- versus low-resource country

Fetal hemoglobin

Reticulocyte count

Genetic modulators:

SCD genotype

Alpha-thalassemia

Fetal hemoglobin concentration

G6PD deficiency

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